RELINQUISHED Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

relinquished

verb

past tense of relinquish

as in surrendered

to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress the boy reluctantly relinquished the illegal fireworks to the police officer

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as in resigned

to give up (as a position of authority) formally the retiring CEO relinquished his position to the company's vice president with very mixed feelings

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Recent Examples of relinquished The Royals took a 7-6 lead and never relinquished it. —

Jaylon Thompson may 2, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2026 In April, two babies were relinquished at Connecticut hospitals under the state’s Safe Havens Act, according to the state Department of Children and Families. —

Mikayla Bunnell, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026 The dealer, who purchased it at some point from an Italian dealer, voluntarily relinquished the urn to the FBI, who gave it back to the Italian Ministry of Culture. —

Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 30 Apr. 2026 This suggests that Bronze Age individuals relinquished pieces of their wealth as a sacred offering. —

Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Apr. 2026 Siavash Ghoreishi, a pediatrician in private practice, and Jila Khorsand, a pathologist with a large medical group, both relinquished their medical licenses shortly after their daughter's death and have disputed Scott's claims. —

Juliet Pennington, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026 Coming out of halftime, the Pistons turned defense into offense, outscored Orlando 38-16 in the third quarter and never relinquished control. —

Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026 Two years later, Unwell relinquished the rights to the show, and the departure seemed not to be amicable. —

Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026 Min Aung Hlaing, who had attained the rank of senior general, last week relinquished his post of commander-in-chief because the constitution prohibits the president from simultaneously holding the top military position. —

ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026

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Padres starter Germán Márquez surrendered seven of the eight runs scored by the White Sox, six of those in the second.

— Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
The left-hander surrendered three hits — two of them solo home runs by Sosa and Straw — walked one and struck out four.

— John Shipley, Twin Cities, 2 May 2026